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Bellwood Estates, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Northwest Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32303. The Survey maps it on the Lake Jackson quadrangle.

Bellwood Estates within Leon County

Then and now

1954 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bellwood Estates, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Bellwood Estates, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Bellwood Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) OCHLOCKONEE ROBERT FIRE
13 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 (37)
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGARDNER LANDING (37)
6 July 2006Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) MILLERS LANDING FIRE
3 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 27 (37)
16 June 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bellwood Estates: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Leon County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Harbinwood Estates0.8 miles13
Zion Hill1.6 miles19
Lake Jackson2.6 miles13
Macon2.7 miles19
El Destinado2.7 miles13
Bridle Path Acres3.5 miles13
Oak Knoll Estates3.6 miles13
Ochlockonee4.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278469. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.